The American Legislative Exchange Council is the most powerful corporate front group you’ve never heard of. Financed almost entirely by Big Business, the group lets corporations help write model legislation that is then secretly passed on to legislators to be passed in state legislatures. Most of the time, the public doesn’t even know that a… [Read More]

It’s often difficult for progressives to acknowledge corporations, like Coca-Cola, for the good decisions they make. Too often, we have a knee-jerk reaction to bash companies for being too focused on their bottom line and accuse them of neglecting their community and their workers. This tight focus on “bad corporations” leaves us open to criticism… [Read More]

Rep. Buzz Brockway (R-Lawrenceville) isn’t a happy camper this week. Although the American Legislative Exchange Council is too toxic for Coca-Cola — and a growing list of companies — Rep. Brockway is standing tall as a defender of the group that operates in the shadows of our government. On Wednesday, Rep. Brockway took to his… [Read More]

So far, four major corporate sponsors of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have indicated they will not renew their memberships to the controversial conservative organization. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola was the first corporate member to announce its decision publicly. Others who have followed include accounting software maker Intuit, PepsiCo, and Kraft Foods, Inc. Better Georgia calls… [Read More]

A major victory for progressive values came out of the Coca-Cola headquarters today. And it’s a victory every Georgia voter should celebrate. As a result of political pressure on Coca-Cola and recent, intense media scrutiny on a radical right-wing organization, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Coca-Cola announced that the company will pull all funding from ALEC…. [Read More]